Macbook screen freezes, goes fuzzy

I have a relatively new Macbook Pro, only about 6 months old, and yet weird things are starting to happen. A few months ago, the screen on my Macbook froze and started to make these weird patterns that look somewhat like parchment paper. Everything else worked, but the screen wouldn't move. The only cure was to press down on the screen, but 5 seconds later, the problem starts again! Can anyone help?

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" the screen on my Macbook froze and started to make these weird patterns that look somewhat like parchment paper. Everything else worked, but the screen wouldn't move. The only cure was to press down on the screen, but 5 seconds later, the problem starts again! Can anyone help?"
Where do you press on the screen? The symptoms disappear? The computer unfreezes? But then freezes again later?
My problem is that anything I tell you to do will most likely void the warranty on that machine.
"I don't have the TIME as well as no money."
aaRoger!
"Also, this is also happening on another Macbook Pro I purchased more than a year ago."
The EXACT SAME SYMPTOMS?

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